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Politics will check scope of US retrenchment abroad

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UNITED STATES

President Barack Obama has drawn criticism from traditional US allies over a series of interviews with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic magazine entitled 'The Obama Doctrine', in…

Greens in German government would be pragmatic

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GERMANY

Based on current polling trends, it could even overtake Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) as the largest party. A government involving the Greens would have a…

Africa’s opposition parties will grow more combative

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AFRICA

African opposition strategies.

Prabowo Subianto will build party support in Indonesia

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INDONESIA

Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto won the poll comfortably, with nearly 59% of the vote. However, the parliamentary elections held concurrently went less well for him, with the…

West African coastal states will fear jihadist threat

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WEST AFRICA

Jihadists' coastal threat.

Sri Lanka’s leader looks set for tough poll fight

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SRI LANKA

According to the constitution, the presidential contest must take place in September-October, but parliamentary elections are not due until 2025. President Ranil Wickremesinghe…

Traditional loyalties may crumble in Mexico in 2018

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MEXICO

The June 5 state election results.

Philippine poll front runner will hold onto lead

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PHILIPPINES

On April 25, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) cancelled the last two live televised presidential debates it had organised because of scheduling difficulties arising from…

Turkey’s president will eye Istanbul battle

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TURKEY

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is determined to win the city back from the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). With a population of over 16 million, Istanbul accounts for…

Guinea-Bissau’s Embalo will seek to centralise power

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GUINEA-BISSAU

The end to the UN peace operation came almost three months after the departure of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mission in Guinea Bissau (ECOMIB). The…